On 6 Aug 2007 11:27:35 -0700, in bit.listserv.ibm-main you wrote: >> >> Tom Kelman wrote: >> >> > Then why when I try to edit or browse an SMF file on disk >(LRECL=32760) >> > do I get the message "Invalid Record Length". I just tried it. > >> >> John Kalinich wrote: >> >> Maybe it is variable spanned format? >> >> Regards, >> John K >> > >Yes, it is VBS. Then why doesn't the error message say "Invalid Format" >instead of "Invalid Record Length"? Maybe this was the problem with the >original posters file. It was actually an invalid RECFM.
NO. It was a valid record format that in their infinite lack of wisdom, the ISPF group didn't want to recognize just like they ignored VSAM even though it was the strategic group of access methods. > >Tom Kelman >Commerce Bank of Kansas City >(816) 760-7632 > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
